In The Studio 9

It's been quite a week. Most of the vocal and guitar work is now done and we'll be sweetening things up next week with miscellaneous fuzz and twitter. Not to mention the good vibes the surroundings to which we've grown accustom have provided. That's not to say in anyway that we've gotten soft but maybe, just maybe, that rack tom sound on "Holiday?" wouldn't have sounded so sweet.

Ok. Ok. Enough blubbering. Big thanks to everyone in Malibuland for their help and hospitality. We'll come back anytime.

In The Studio 8 (Must Be Nice!)

Yes it is!

It's from a relaxed, highly productive, inspired Films camp we great you from the hills of Malibu, CA. It's nothing like any of us has ever really experienced before and it's taken us a couple of days to get over the shock and adjust to such an amazing place.

Mike has been round the bend to complete vocal overdubs and Kenny is now getting into the bulk of guitar work. The light at the end of the tunnel is getting brighter every day.

Hopefully we can get our act together and get some video happening soon. For now here's some old fashion stills.

In The Studio 7

Howdy folks. We're back in action after a fun filled end-of-week slash weekend. For now, we've wrapped up things in the city of angels packed a few necessities, and have moved north up the coast. In the great timeline of album number two we've completed basic tracking on all of the songs, Mike has been doing a bit of singing and we'll be doing a lot of guitar related waxing in the next few days.

In our spare time we've taken up tennis, pizza, and a second round of fishing.

As always more to come.

In The Studio 6

2 more in the can.. "Me & The Thief" and "Something Familiar". things are sounding good. prettyyy... prettyyyy... pretty good. a little on the hazy side this morning. we went out last night to see our friend Priscilla Ahn at the Hotel Cafe, but got there too late and missed the show. still a good night though.. had a few drinks, greased a few palms. good times.

In The Studio 5

back to work. we cut basic tracks for "Hold On To Me Tight" and "God Bless Your Heart" yesterday. Butch laid down some nice percush, and also turned us on to some crazy korean treats "for our delicious taste".


men's bitter chocolate pretzel sticks?


Butch Walker

In The Studio 4

took the day off yesterday. kenny and i decided to get outta the city and do a little fishin'. we drove up to Lake Casitas, about an hour and a half north of LA. the drive was relaxing. the scenery.. beautiful. getting busted by the ranger for fishing without a license... priceless.

Yogi said he'd throw the citation out if we agreed to go buy a fishing license on the way out and register it with the front desk. no harm. no foul. we ended up catching nuthin' but a little buzz, a couple farmer tans, and these precious moments:


headin' out


Lake Casitas


fishin'


worms in hat


fishin'


the bust


the penance


the burn

In The Studio 3

something amazing is on the TV right now. i haven't really been paying close attention, but i know that it involves Jon Bon Jovi and vampires. sold.

adam went back to NY for the weekend and Jake went up to his folks house, so kenny and i partied down w some of our neighbors in the chateau last night. they are all very nice and also really really ridiculously good looking. models i think. male.

so anyway, we are heading into the studio today to work on some guitar. in the past couple of days we finished up basic tracks for "Completely Replaceable" and "Holiday" - 2 of my personal faves. things are moving right along kids.. you'll have your sophomore release before you can say "You're Gonna Get It!"

In The Studio 2

things are moving along incredibly, thoroughly, and beautifully as we head into our 4th day of recording. we've completed basic tracks for "Amateur Hour", "Fingernails For Breakfast", "Heartbreaker", and "People Like You" and couldn't be happier with the way things are sounding.

my face and gut are both sore this morning thanks to "shreds". there are really no words.. you just have to experience it for yourself.

In The Studio 1

(we just got internet at our place so we're just now able to start posting these)

mornin' folks! we are writing you from sunny, beautiful, adobe laden los angeles, california where we have just begun recording our 2nd LP. quite a change from icy, snowy, windy Michigan where we made "Don't Dance Rattlesnake". i've never liked L.A., but something feels different this time.

so, let's catch you up as i sip my coffee pool side: we arrived a couple days ago, checked into our hotel which is sort of like a little apartment with a balcony, complete with picnic table and umbrella overlooking the pool (we've deemed it "the chateau"), went to "Ralph's" a few times - and then a few more times, partied down some, visited Jake's folks who treated us to some outstanding west coast pizza, met up with our girl stephanie for some sushi, caught up with some more of our business peeps, and then finally got to work.

got to the studio last night around 5, chewed the fat w Butch (our producer) for a few minutes, and then got straight down to biz. we burned thru drums, bass and guitar for "Amateur Hour" in no time flat and then called it a day. moral is high. <


"Chateau De Films"


"Los Angeles"

Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Frohe Weihnachten, Kwazy Kwanza

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